Two other units, the sample preparation unit and the analytical unit, complete the lab.

An FDA scientist transfers tubes containing DNA extraction buffer and a sample from the heating block in the mobile laboratory's analytical unit.

Responsibility for KSM was transferred to this branch, which gave the CIA a "man-to-man" focus but was not an analytical unit.

Dr. Crusher broke off one of the tiny branchlets of the plant, placed it in a clear slipcase, and dropped it into sickbay's specialized analytical unit.

Mr. Mueller briefed lawmakers on his plans to reorganize the agency to vastly expand its analytical units to prevent such lapses.

Barring an outright recession, demand for gasoline this summer is expected to be slightly higher than last year, according to the Energy Information Administration, the analytical unit of the Energy Department.

Mr. Zarqawi himself is seen as such a threat that the C.I.A. and other agencies have established operational and analytical units focusing narrowly on his organization.

Each trader in the experimental analytical unit had three computer terminals, with all trading done directly with the Big Board's Superdot system, bypassing Morgan Stanley's floor traders.

Current and former intelligence officials said the move seemed to signal that Mr. Goss's overhaul, which has focused on human spying operations, would be widened to include the analytical unit.

Less widely known is that the effort was carefully coordinated through a special analytical unit the group established in Washington that was paid for by the United States.